This issue of Clinics in Geriatric Medicine, guest edited by Drs. Sidney S. Braman and Gwen S. Skloot, is devoted to Pulmonary Disease in the Aging Patient. Articles in this issue include: The Effects of Aging on Lung Structure and Function; Immunosenescence and the Lungs; Epidemiology of Lung Disease in the Elderly; The Evaluation of Dyspnea in the Elderly; Asthma in the Elderly; COPD in the Elderly Patient; Pulmonary Vascular Diseases in the Elderly; Granulomatous Lung Diseases in the Elderly; Lung Cancer in the Older Patient; Sleep Disorders in the Elderly; Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis in the Older Patient; and Co-morbidities of Lung Disease in the Elderly.
By:
Sidney S. Braman (Mount Sinai), Gwen S. Skloot (Mount Sinai) Imprint: Elsevier - Health Sciences Division Country of Publication: United States Volume: 33-4 Weight: 360g ISBN:9780323548793 ISBN 10: 0323548792 Series:The Clinics: Internal Medicine Publication Date:02 November 2017 Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Undergraduate
Format:Hardback Publisher's Status: Active
Clinics in Geriatric Medicine Pulmonary Disease in the Aging Patient Preface: Pulmonary Disease in the Aging Patient The Effects of Aging on Lung Structure and Function Inflammaging and the Lung Lung Diseases of the Elderly: Cellular Mechanisms Epidemiology of Lung Disease in Older Persons Evaluation of Dyspnea in the Elderly Asthma in the Elderly Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease in Elderly Patients Pulmonary Vascular Diseases in the Elderly Lung Cancer in the Older Patient Sleep in the Elderly: Unanswered Questions Comorbidities of Lung Disease in the Elderly